Flourishing

Entrepreneurship And Business-Owning Isn’t For Everyone

Many people are surprised when I talk about the fact that some people can be authentically happy having a job because I’m such an advocate and champion for small business and entrepreneurship. That’s often because they miss the subtle but important point about small business and entrepreneurship being a vehicle for thriving on both a [...]

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Stand Up

If you stand up and be counted, from time to time you may get yourself knocked down. But remember this: A man flattened by an opponent can get up again. A man flattened by conformity stays down for good. — Thomas J. Watson, Jr What initially separates the leaders, changemakers, and heroes from everyone else [...]

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From Reset to Reintegration

In the last part of this story, I shared the lead-up to the reset. In case you haven’t been following, the reset occurred because Angela (my wife) developed acute and debilitating anxiety, OCD, and depression as a result of a combination of medication and several years’ worth of unresolved grief and stress. If you have [...]

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A Few Words On No Goals

A few weeks back, I was writing a post in reply to Leo’s discussion of No Goals. I found myself referencing many versions of the Tao Te Ching to show missing pieces that weren’t in his discussion. As I reflected on the essential tenets of the Tao, I saw that what little I had to [...]

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Getting Some Perspective On Your Epic Losses and Failures

Editor’s Note: This is a guest post by Cath Duncan of Remembering For Good. I know this is the season when we’re all supposed to be jolly, but for many people who’ve lost a loved one or whose business is failing, this is the toughest time of the year. Since we talk about life AND business [...]

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Choosing Engaged and Meaningful over Comfort

Nearly two years ago, Catherine Caine sent me this topic request: While going through the idea garden this morning, I came across it again. Given some of the things I’ve been thinking about and working on here recently, it’s prescient. So, better late than never, here goes. Comfort is over-marketed and over-rated. Most of the [...]

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End Malaria Makes A Difference in a Teenager’s Life

I got the following card from Dana Reeves a few weeks ago: Here’s what it says: Charlie, My copy of End Malaria arrived today – thank you! My 15 year-old was interested in it so we spent an hour together reading it and then he went online and did some research about the problems in [...]

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Living Like Hermit Crabs

Finding and re-creating yourself is a lifelong journey marked out in moments. It’s an apparent paradox: we’ll never be “there”, yet we’re always trying to get there. Patience and persistence keep this paradox taut. Patience helps us celebrate, appreciate, and acknowledge both what we have and that we’re in process. Persistence reminds us that we [...]

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An Open Letter to Small Business Owners

Thank you for being in business. Yes, it can be hard, but you also know how rewarding it can be. There is a lot of pressure for you to be bigger, or act bigger, than you are. There are plenty of people who think you should be focused on selling your business, being acquired by [...]

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